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Matters of MeaningWhat Makes a Life Meaningful, Really?Is meaning a mystery — or something we can actually measure?In Part One of this special series on Matters of Meaning, Olivia Hicks is joined by philosopher Jeffrey Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Human Flourishing Program, for a deeply human and surprisingly practical conversation about what really makes life meaningful.We often talk about “finding meaning” as if it were a lucky accident or an elusive and private inner feeling. But what if meaning has a structure — one that can be studied, clarified, and even measured?
2026-02-0246 min
LearningWell RadioLove and Flourishing with Matthew Lee, Baylor UniversityOn this month's episode of LearningWell Radio, Matthew Lee, a professor at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion and the director of the Flourishing Network at Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Program, discusses the latest paper he co-authored with H.F.P. director Tyler VanderWeele.
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2025-12-0923 min
LifeAudioThe Built Different Podcast with Dr. Zach Clinton - Built To Flourish: How Faith, Fellowship, & Formation Shape a Flourishing Life with Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, Ep. 270In this episode of Built Different, Dr. Zach Clinton sits down with Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, a pioneering movement of research at the intersection of faith, health, meaning, and relationships. Together we explore what it truly means to flourish, how his global research initiative known as the Global Flourishing Study is reshaping our understanding of well-being across 22 countries and over 200,000 participants, and what the implications are for people-helpers, ministry leaders, and anyone committed to a faith that’s for...
2025-11-1337 minThe Built Different Podcast with Dr. Zach ClintonBuilt To Flourish: How Faith, Fellowship, & Formation Shape a Flourishing Life with Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, Ep. 270In this episode of Built Different, Dr. Zach Clinton sits down with Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, a pioneering movement of research at the intersection of faith, health, meaning, and relationships. Together we explore what it truly means to flourish, how his global research initiative known as the Global Flourishing Study is reshaping our understanding of well-being across 22 countries and over 200,000 participants, and what the implications are for people-helpers, ministry leaders, and anyone committed to a faith that’s for...
2025-11-1337 min
Currently ConsideringHarvard Summit Pre-Read Summary | Beyond GDP: Is the World Happiness Report Measuring the Wrong Thing?Podcast Description: The Happiest Country in the World Isn’t What You ThinkEpisode Title: Beyond GDP: Is the World Happiness Report Measuring the Wrong Thing?Guest Experts: Byron Johnson, Ph.D., Tyler J. VanderWeele, Ph.D., and Brendan Case, Ph.D.Episode Length: (Based on the source's listening time) 6:49 minutesThe annual World Happiness Report routinely features wealthy Nordic nations like Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden at the top of its list. This trend reinforces a critical supposition of our globalized political and economic order: that wealth and material prosperity ar...
2025-10-2414 minCurrently ConsideringHarvard Summit Content Summary: Global Flourishing Study: What Contributes to a Life Well-LivedThe Global Flourishing Study: What Contributes to a Life Well-Lived?A groundbreaking podcast diving deep into the science of human flourishing, featuring insights from the inaugural wave of the Global Flourishing Study (GFS).The question of "WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO A LIFE WELL-LIVED?" has long been central to philosophical traditions and religions. Now, social scientists, policymakers, and business leaders are grappling with this question using rigorous, large-scale research. This podcast explores the innovative GFS, a major collaboration between researchers at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard, Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, and Gallup....
2025-10-2414 minCurrently ConsideringReorienting Public Policy for Flourishing and Well-being | Harvard Summit Pre-readThis content is an AI-generated summary of key arguments derived from published work.This summary focuses on the analysis "Why We Need Public Policy for Flourishing," which was authored by Brendan Case and Tyler J. VanderWeele and published in Common Good Magazine on March 20, 2025.Case and VanderWeele assert that it is crucial to reorient public policy. They observe that current policy often concentrates on a relatively narrow range of economic and public-health goals. The central thesis is that public policy must shift its emphasis away from these narrow goals and instead be directed toward the...
2025-10-2410 min
The Flourish Feed Podcast#01 - The ROI of FlourishingIn this episode of the Flourish Feed Podcast, Gillian Stovel Rivers interviews Dr. Jon Beale, a researcher and expert in human flourishing. They discuss the importance of measuring flourishing through various metrics, including the Secure Flourish Measure developed at Harvard. The conversation explores the relationship between wealth and flourishing, the significance of flow states, and the impact of purpose-driven versus achievement-driven lives. They also delve into the role of suffering in personal growth, the importance of building a family culture around flourishing, and actionable steps to create moments of bliss in daily life. S...
2025-10-021h 13
First Baptist Arlington SermonsWhat Happened? - August 3, 2025Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington August 3, 2025 Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) AUGUST 2025: Gold’s – God’s Gym August 3 – September 6, 2025 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my bur...
2025-08-0424 min
The Ruth Institute PodcastFaith, Medicine, and Miracles | John Sottosanti | Dr. J Show Ep 290Subscribe to our newsletter to get this amazing report: Refuting the Top 5 Gay Myths https://ruthinstitute.org/refute-the-top-five-myths/ Dr. John Sottosanti, retired oral surgeon, inventor, and author, reveals the powerful connection between faith and health. Drawing from his battle with prostate cancer and his memoir Mortal Adhesions: A Surgeon Battles the Seven Deadly Sins to Find Faith, Happiness and Inner Peace, he shows how spiritual discipline and regular religious practice are not only essential for the soul but also lead to measurable improvements in physical and mental well-being. His story affirms what the Church has always taught...
2025-07-0954 minThe Ruth Institute PodcastFaith, Medicine, and Miracles | John Sottosanti | Dr. J Show Ep 290Subscribe to our newsletter to get this amazing report: Refuting the Top 5 Gay Myths https://ruthinstitute.org/refute-the-top-five-myths/ Dr. John Sottosanti, retired oral surgeon, inventor, and author, reveals the powerful connection between faith and health. Drawing from his battle with prostate cancer and his memoir Mortal Adhesions: A Surgeon Battles the Seven Deadly Sins to Find Faith, Happiness and Inner Peace, he shows how spiritual discipline and regular religious practice are not only essential for the soul but also lead to measurable improvements in physical and mental well-being. His story affirms what the Church has always taught...
2025-07-0954 min
Sunny Mornings San DiegoKnicks Stun Celtics! Padres Triumph, OpenAI's Big Move.May 06, 2025SE03:EP105In today's episode, we cover the latest sports highlights, including the New York Knicks' thrilling overtime victory against the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals. Jalen Brunson's 29-point performance and OG Anunoby's crucial plays were pivotal in the Knicks' comeback, as they now lead the series 1-0. Meanwhile, in local sports, the San Diego Padres edged out the Yankees 4-3 at Yankee Stadium, thanks to a four-run eighth inning led by Machado and Bogaerts. The Padres continue their series in New York tonight, with Michael King facing Clarke Schmidt...
2025-05-0610 min
The Lumen Christi InstituteHow Can We Flourish?Professor Tyler VanderWeele on January 22, 2024 at the University of Chicago.
What is human flourishing? What insights might we draw from the humanities? What insights might we draw from the empirical sciences? Many empirical studies throughout the social and biomedical sciences and many policy discussions focus only on very narrow outcomes such as income, or a single specific disease state, or measures of feeling happy. Human well-being or flourishing, however, consists in a much broader range of states and outcomes. Flourishing might be understood as living in a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good including, bu...
2025-04-2957 min
First Baptist Arlington SermonsDon’t Worry, Be Happy! - January 19, 2025Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington January 19, 2025 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) WINTER 2025: Happiness Is . . . The Beatitudes January 5 – March 4, 2025 Don’t Worry, Be Happy! Psalm 68:3-6 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ The creation narratives the Scriptures begin with are an important source for discerning God’s intent for the human person. There it seems that God’s intent for each person and for all creat...
2025-01-2033 min
Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart170. The Myth of Control: How to Flourish After Loss"Flourishing for me does not mean suffering for you."
In this chat, we're unpacking how flourishing after loss is possible and SPOILER ALERT: It's not through the restriction and control of others around you.
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Tyler VanderWeele's work on flourishing
Dr. Carol Dweck's growth mindset book
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2025-01-1212 min
The Hippocratic Society Podcast3.1 - Flourishing in Medicine with Xavier SymonsWhat does it mean to flourish? What is medicine's role in Human Flourishing? How can we, as students and doctor, flourish during the demanding time of the medical profession? Bioethicist Xavier Symons joins us as we explore these questions and discover what it means to pursue a life well lived in medicine. Dr. Symons conducted research at Harvard's Human Flourishing Program, providing him with the expertise and experience to handle such important questions.
References in the show:
On the promotion of human flourishing, Tyler VanderWeele
Activities for Flourishing: An Evidence-Based Guide, T...
2024-12-1643 min
The Hippocratic Society Podcast3.1 - Flourishing in Medicine with Xavier SymonsWhat does it mean to flourish? What is medicine's role in Human Flourishing? How can we, as students and doctor, flourish during the demanding time of the medical profession? Bioethicist Xavier Symons joins us as we explore these questions and discover what it means to pursue a life well lived in medicine. Dr. Symons conducted research at Harvard's Human Flourishing Program, providing him with the expertise and experience to handle such important questions.
References in the show:
On the promotion of human flourishing, Tyler VanderWeele
Activities for Flourishing: An Evidence-Based...
2024-12-1643 min
Templeton Ideas PodcastTyler VandeerWeele (Human Flourishing)Dr. VanderWeele is the Director of Harvard University's Human Flourishing Program and Co-Director of the Initiative on Health, Spirituality, and Religion. He holds degrees in mathematics, philosophy, theology, finance, and biostatistics from the University of Oxford, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University. Tyler's research spans epidemiology, the science of happiness and human flourishing, and the study of religion and health. Tyler's latest book, A Theology of Health: Wholeness and Human Flourishing, explores the concept of health and well-being from a more holistic perspective, including the physical, mental, social, and spiritual dimensions of humanity. Tyler joins the podcast to explain...
2024-12-0532 min
What’s Next?Bonus Episode- Human Flourishing Meets Mind-Blowing AI: Co-Hosting with Google’s BotsWelcome to a special episode of What's Next?, where Tamara Lechner is joined by two AI co-hosts generated by Google's Notebook LM.
In This Episode:
Tamara experiments with Google’s NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool, uploading three unique sources:
Her team's AI for Human Flourishing framework, crafted with colleagues from the Harvard AI for Human Flourishing community.
A book by her friend Ali Khan and the SHAPE team, which delves into people and culture analytics connecting performance to flourishing
Tyler VanderWeele’s latest Global Flourishing Study, offering insights on worldwide wellbeing.
Her AI co-hosts chose to s...
2024-11-0736 min
The Week at CPXDeep Fakes, Algorithms, and Footy FinalsEpisode 18: 17 September 2024All the things mentioned in this episode:Emma Wilkins' articles on AI deep fakes.Justine's Thinking Out Loud on Social Media algorithms.Tyler VanderWeele on the secrets to a flourishing life on Life & Faith.Get tickets to the Richard Johnson Lecture.Instagram: Check out Simon on Instagram at @simonsmartcpxProducer: Allan Dowthwaite Assistant Producer: Clare Potts
2024-09-1606 min
Life & FaithPaths to human flourishingResearch uncovers the secrets to thriving as individuals and communities. What are the ingredients of a life that will help us to thrive as people? How do we go about cultivating those ingredients? What does it mean to truly flourish as a person?Policy makers are interested in these questions. So are educationalists. And as individuals it’s a topic that we increasingly seek answers to. People these days are very focused on wellbeing and what will aid or hinder that.Tyler VanderWeele’s research in this area engages huge data sets and deep a...
2024-09-1137 min
Analytischer KaffeeplauschEpisode 169 – Machen Videospiele aggressiv?Dieser Beitrag nimmt am Wettbewerb Fast Forward Science 2025 teil (www.fastforwardscience.de). #FFS #audioawardTriggerwarnung: In unserer Diskussion geht es an mehreren Stellen um Schulamokläufe. Es werden aber keine konkreten Details genannt. Wenn du Hilfe brauchst, bitte wende dich an die Telefonseelsorge: 0800 1110111, auch online möglich: https://online.telefonseelsorge.de/Paul und Rebecca besprechen dieses Mal sogar zwei Metastudien, die den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Spielen von brutalen Videospielen und aggressivem Verhalten untersuchen. Dabei geht es auch um statistische Basics, Artikel in der Bild-Zeitung und Gewaltkulturen.Intro/Outro: T...
2024-08-111h 49
Confronting Christianity with Rebecca McLaughlinWhy Have Americans Stopped Going to Church? with Michael GrahamRebecca McLaughlin is joined by Michael Graham to discuss why Americans have stopped going to church and Questions Covered in This Episode:How did you become a Christian?How did you become interested in “The Great Dechurching”?What is the history of American church attendance?What happened from the height of attendance in the 80s to now?What proportion of Americans who previously went to church have stopped attending church?Why did Americans stop going to church?How would you respond to people who think that fewer people attending church is good for society?Are more educated people less likely to go...
2024-05-2841 min
Harvard ThinkingForgiving what you can’t forgetWe’ve all held a grudge. As humans, we’ve all been hurt — and have hurt others. Forgiveness can be a way to release those negative emotions. What’s more, recent research shows forgiveness is linked to better health outcomes. So why is it so difficult? In this episode, host Samantha Laine Perfas speaks with Christian theologian Matt Potts, public health expert Tyler VanderWeele, and psychologist Laura Thompson to discuss forgiving when you can’t forget.
2024-04-2428 min
EncouragementologyForgive to Flourish: Embracing Healing and GrowthSHOW NOTES:
On this show…our goal is to find forgiveness so that we may flourish, embracing healing and growth. We’ve all heard it before, holding onto a grudge hurts you more than the other person. Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love. But forgiving, even ourselves, is no easy business. The seeds of hurt run deep and many make the act of forgiveness but never truly let go and move forward. Fortunately, there is a path and a roadmap to freedom. Start by acknowledging the hurt and your feel...
2024-04-0838 min
EncouragementologyForgive to Flourish: Embracing Healing and GrowthSHOW NOTES: On this show…our goal is to find forgiveness so that we may flourish, embracing healing and growth. We’ve all heard it before, holding onto a grudge hurts you more than the other person. Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love. But forgiving, even ourselves, is no easy business. The seeds of hurt run deep and many make the act of forgiveness but never truly let go and move forward. Fortunately, there is a path and a roadmap to freedom. Start by acknowledging the hurt and your feelings about it. Then...
2024-04-0838 min
The Gallup PodcastWhat Does It Mean to Be Flourishing?What makes for a flourishing life? A five-year longitudinal data collection and research collaboration measures global human flourishing across six areas: happiness and life satisfaction, mental and physical health, meaning and purpose, character and virtue, close social relationships, and material and financial stability. Dr. Tyler J. VanderWeele, professor of epidemiology at Harvard University and director of the Human Flourishing Program, and Byron Johnson, director of the Institute for Studies of Religion and distinguished professor of the social sciences at Baylor University, join the podcast to discuss The Global Flourishing Study.
2024-02-1522 min
The Veritas ForumCan we engineer a perfect world? | Tyler VanderWeele & Steven PinkerToday, you may be wrestling with what "progress" means — whether it's in relation to your own journey, your family’s, or your community’s. What do you want? And how will you get there?
In this episode, two Harvard professors explore these questions. In this 40-minute Forum excerpt, you’ll hear first from Tyler VanderWeele, the director of Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program. Tyler is in dialogue with Steven Pinker, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard and author of the best-selling book, Enlightenment Now. Tyler and Steven discuss their differing beliefs about what it means to be human, the role o...
2023-11-0239 min
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully AliveIntergenerational Human Flourishing - Featuring Fr. Bob GahlIn a culture where autonomy is often pursued as an ideal, it's not surprising to learn that America is also experiencing a so-called loneliness epidemic. Together with loneliness, depression is also on the rise—a correlation that makes sense, given man's nature as a social animal. What is the solution to these problems? While there is perhaps no panacea, there is a particularly important starting point: the intergenerational family. This week, we explore the idea of "intergenerational human flourishing" with Fr. Robert Gahl, long-time professor at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome, Italy, who...
2023-09-2245 min
Thriving OneThe Power of ForgivenessThe Power of Forgiveness
The topic of forgiveness is relevant in a sense that it is not a topic like trending. It’s like always relevant because we all experienced being wronged by someone. It’s timeless. Almost everyone, if not everyone has experienced some pain, betrayal, or hurt by someone, especially that someone’s probably close to you. They could be your co-worker, friend, or a family member.
We want to bring this out because hanging on to those negative feelings can also do great harm to ourselves.
According to a Professor from H...
2023-07-0231 minThriving OneThe Power of ForgivenessThe Power of Forgiveness
The topic of forgiveness is relevant in a sense that it is not a topic like trending. It’s like always relevant because we all experienced being wronged by someone. It’s timeless. Almost everyone, if not everyone has experienced some pain, betrayal, or hurt by someone, especially that someone’s probably close to you. They could be your co-worker, friend, or a family member.
We want to bring this out because hanging on to those negative feelings can also do great harm to ourselves.
According to a Professor from H...
2023-07-0231 min
How God Works: The Science Behind SpiritualityCan Ancient Wisdom Help Gen Z's Stress & Unhappiness?This episode is an edited version of a live event held at WBUR’s Cityspace on May 15, 2023. A full-length video of the event is available here.
For decades, studies from around the globe showed that happiness followed a U-shaped curve across the lifespan. For many people, the teens and twenties were some of the happiest and most carefree times of life — a period to be enjoyed before happiness began to drop and hit its low point around 50. BUT, over the past 10 years, a seismic change has taken place. The front end of the happiness curve collapsed, meaning that...
2023-06-1145 min
Stories of ImpactDr. Ho, Dr. Joynt, Dr. VanderWeele, & Andrea Ortega Bechara: Forgiveness as a Path to Repair Part 2Today is the second in a two-part series that explores the subject of forgiveness. We hear more about the ground-breaking, six-site, five-country, four-continent study of Dr. Everett Worthington's REACH forgiveness method's effectiveness. We're joined in conversation with Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, project Research Director; Principal Investigator Dr. Man Yee Ho; and site directors Andrea Ortega Bechara (Columbia) and Dr. Shaun Joynt (South Africa). They describe the impact of the study on individual participants and their communities, how they hope to scale the study, and who they consider an exemplar of forgiveness. Read the transcript of this episode Listen to Pa...
2023-05-0245 min
Believe Big Podcast8-Chris Wark - Stress, Forgiveness, and CancerIn 2003 at the age of 26 Chris Wark was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer. He is a survivor and thriver. "Chris Beat Cancer" with a holistic approach focusing on nutrition and other natural pathways. From his passion, he created a website by the same name to help others on their cancer journey.Join me today as I speak with Chris about how STRESS affects our bodies and what we can do to manage our "good" stress and our "bad" stress.Connect with Chris Wark through his website Chris Beat Cancer:https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com...
2022-06-0726 min
The Veritas ForumIs Christianity Good for the Scientific University? | Veritas Weekend 2022This program was recorded at the annual Veritas Weekend 2022 event in Boston. The original title was, "Is Christianity Good for the Scientific University?" and featured Cullen Buie, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, Karin Öberg, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard, and Tyler VanderWeele, John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe. And, if you’re interested in more content from Veritas, check out our Beyond the Forum podcast. Visit veritas.org to learn more about the mission of the Veritas Forum and find more resources to...
2022-04-0754 minThe Veritas ForumIs Christianity Good for the Scientific University? | Veritas Weekend 2022This program was recorded at the annual Veritas Weekend 2022 event in Boston. The original title was, "Is Christianity Good for the Scientific University?" and featured Cullen Buie, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, Karin Öberg, Professor of Astronomy at Harvard, and Tyler VanderWeele, John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard.
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2022-04-0754 min
Teológicamente Prácticas26. Ciencia y Fe, ¿incompatibles?Es común escuchar frases célebres de ateos famosos, de eminencias académicas y hasta de profesores en escuelas públicas mofándose de la fe, y en particular del cristianismo. Generalmente se trata de frases que exaltan a la ciencia como la única forma inteligente de entender la realidad. La filosofía detrás de la ciencia como la única forma de tener certeza de lo existente, cuya consecuencia lógica es entender que Dios no existe, nos hace sentir que ya ni siquiera es debatible que no exista Dios.
Pero, ¿es esto cierto? ¿ha sido esto el...
2022-03-2854 min
Undeceptions with John Dickson50. Good LifeCOMPETITION!We’re celebrating our 500,000th download this month - half a million! And so, with the help of our major sponsor, Zondervan, we are giving away a book pack of five of Zondervan’s newest titles. We’ll throw in a copy of my new book Bullies and Saints AND an Undeceptions T-Shirt. To WIN, all you have to do is leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (what used to be called iTunes), take a pic of the review and send it to Producer Kaley at kaley@undeceptions.com. We'll pick the best-written review o...
2021-10-1059 min
The Veritas ForumShould Science & Religion Mix? | Beyond the Forum EditionYou can check out our new podcast, Beyond the Forum, wherever you listen to podcasts.
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2021-08-121h 02The Veritas ForumShould Science & Religion Mix? | Harvard Medical SchoolDr. Tia Powell, Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, Dr. Richard Sloan, and Dr. Lydia Dugdale all discuss the power and peril of mixing religion and medicine at The Harvard Medical School Veritas Forum: Religion and Medicine: Should they Mix? This Forum event from our archives was recorded on 1/18/19.
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2021-08-121h 01
The Veritas ForumCan We Quantify the Good Life? | Tyler VanderWeelePART OF A SPECIAL 6-WEEK SERIES | We know a lot about what makes us healthier. But what about what makes us happier? In this episode, we interview Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, an epidemiologist and the Director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. He and his research team are working towards identifying the behaviors that make our lives better — not just physically, but emotionally, mentally, and relationally, too. Our conversation centers around one of his data’s main findings: regularly attending religious services can help you live seven years longer.
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2021-07-0123 min
Beyond the ForumCan We Quantify the Good Life? w/ Tyler VanderWeeleWe know a lot about what makes us healthier. But what about what makes us happier? In this episode, we interview Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, an epidemiologist and the Director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. He and his research team are working towards identifying the behaviors that make our lives better — not just physically, but emotionally, mentally, and relationally, too. Our conversation centers around one of his data’s main findings: regularly attending religious services can help you live seven years longer.
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2021-07-0123 min
Undeceptions with John Dickson38. Mental HealthPerhaps you’ve heard it before - religion is bad for your mental health. It triggers feelings of guilt, self-loathing and bigotry. But, actually, there are many ways in which the opposite is true. Karen Pang's story is testament to that, which you'll hear in this episode.There’s also a growing body of research - authoritative, real-life, peer-reviewed research - that reports a significant benefit to wellbeing if you are religious. That’s right. You are more healthy if you are religious.Do you need help? If you...
2021-05-0242 min
A Pilgrim’s OdysseyThe Psychology of ForgivenessYesterday, we talked about forgiveness and its power to free us, and its necessity for following closer to God.Now, have you forgiven someone yet? Does your heart have any dark corners?And it’s not just the good book folks.Consider the following from Harvard Health:"Forgiving a person who has wronged you is never easy, but dwelling on those events and reliving them over and over can fill your mind with negative thoughts and suppressed anger," says Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, co-director of the Initiative on Health, Religion, and Spirituality at...
2021-03-1608 min
Traders Network ShowHumanity 2.0 Maximizing Human Flourishing Panel at the VaticanThe Humanity 2.0 Maximizing Human Flourishing Panel was delivered by:
-Matthew Sanders, CEO/Co-Founder of Humanity 2.0
-Rev. Ezra Sullivan, O.P, Director of Project Vision for Humanity 2.0
-Professor Tyler Vanderweele, Director of Human Flourishing Program for Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences
-Professor Steve Fuller, Chairman of Social Epistemology at University of Warwick
-John Havens, Executive Director of IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous & Intelligent Systems at IEEE
-Professor Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff, Head of Institute for Management Information Systems at Vienna University of Economics & Business
-John Murdock, President of Bandwidth Inc.
The Humanity 2.0 forum held at the Vatican was filmed...
2021-01-2232 min
A World of Wellbeing PodcastGeneral WellbeingDr. Louise Lambert is joined by Dr. Tim Lomas, Senior Researcher, Wellbeing for Planet Earth Foundation and Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard, to discuss general wellbeing. Learn about the connection between positive psychology and physical health and how we must broaden our understanding of wellbeing to be more globally inclusive.Get more information at https://www.globalwellbeinginitiative.org/Reach the podcast at worldofwellbeing@gallup.com
2021-01-2142 min
BJPsych JournalsReligion and Psychiatry: recent developments in researchThis podcast discusses mental health issues including suicide that may cause distress to some listeners.
Dr Harold Koenig speaks with Dr Oliver Gale-Grant on the subject of his recent article published in the September 2020 issue of BJPsych Advances.
Authors: Harold G. Koenig, Faten Al-Zaben and Tyler J. VanderWeele
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2019.81
Podcast transcripts available: https://bit.ly/3CXSijb
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Disclaimer: BJPsych Advances is not responsible for statements made by podcast contributors. Unless so stated, the content of this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor-in-Chief or the Royal College of...
2020-08-2527 min
SERious EPIBonus Episode 1.2.5: “Making Causal Inference More Social and (Social) Epidemiology More Causal” with Dr. Onyebuchi Arah and Dr. John W. JacksonAt SER 2019, the Cassel lecture was delivered by Miguel Hernán and Sandro Galea on the topic of reconciling social epidemiology and causal inference. Their talk was turned into a paper in the American Journal of Epidemiology, and in March 2020, was published along with a series of responses by Drs. Enrique Schisterman, Whitney Robinson and Zinzi Bailey, Tyler VanderWeele, and John Jackson and Onyebuchi Arah. In this SERious Epi bonus journal club episode, we had conversation with Dr. John Jackson and Dr. Onyebuchi Arah about their commentary and had the opportunity to ask their thoughts on the other topics pub...
2020-08-0356 min
JAMA Psychiatry Author InterviewsReligious Service Attendance and Deaths Related to Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide in US Health Care ProfessionalsInterview with Tyler J. VanderWeele, PhD, author of Religious Service Attendance and Deaths Related to Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals
2020-05-0620 min
Love Under QuarantineFlourishing During The PandemicIn this episode with Tyler J. VanderWeele Ph.D., How to work toward meaning, purpose and happiness during this time Importance of forgiving and restoring relationships How to flourish amidst suffering Confronting our own mortality And more Tyler J. VanderWeele, Ph.D., is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The Human Flourishing Program Forgiveness Workbook Activities for Flourishing Guide
2020-04-1011 min
Casual InferenceAsking harder causal questions with Whitney RobinsonEllie Murray and Lucy D'Agostino McGowan chat with Whitney Robinson from the Departments of Epidemiology at University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health Here are some links to the content we talk about in this episode: 📝 Jeffrey Rose article (reprint) 📝 Chandra Ford's public health praxis paper 📝 Whitney's paper with Tyler VanderWeele on race as a cause 📝 Miguel Hernan's paper on well-defined interventions: Does water kill? 📝 NIH funding paper 📻 Acadames podcast 📝 Miguel Hernan's AJE paper on selection bias without colliders 📰 Local news W...
2020-02-061h 19
2019-12-0800 min
How We Treat: Colon and Rectal CancerEpisode #17: New Study on Role of Religion in TreatmentDr. Bleday dives into the findings of a recent study on role of organized religion in treatment with Professor Tyler VanderWeele. Dr. VanderWeele is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.
2019-09-1228 min
Harvard UniversityJuly 11, 2019: Human flourishing and public healthWhat does it mean for someone to flourish? Flourishing is more than just being happy—although that’s a part of it. But the idea of flourishing expands beyond happiness to look at a person’s overall well-being, taking into account things like life satisfaction or someone’s sense of purpose. That’s why studying flourishing is an interdisciplinary science drawing on public health, philosophy, psychology, and more.
Transcript: https://hsph.me/flourishingpod
In this week’s episode we’re talking to two researchers from Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University who are tackling big questions about flourishing: What does it mean for pe...
2019-07-1539 min
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press ConferencesHuman flourishing and public healthWhat does it mean for someone to flourish? Flourishing is more than just being happy—although that’s a part of it. But the idea of flourishing expands beyond happiness to look at a person’s overall well-being, taking into account things like life satisfaction or someone’s sense of purpose. That’s why studying flourishing is an interdisciplinary science drawing on public health, philosophy, psychology, and more.
In this week’s episode we’re talking to two researchers from Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University who are tackling big questions about flourishing: What does it mean for people to...
2019-07-1139 min
Better OffJuly 11, 2019: Human flourishing and public healthWhat does it mean for someone to flourish? Flourishing is more than just being happy—although that’s a part of it. But the idea of flourishing expands beyond happiness to look at a person’s overall well-being, taking into account things like life satisfaction or someone’s sense of purpose. That’s why studying flourishing is an interdisciplinary science drawing on public health, philosophy, psychology, and more.
In this week’s episode we’re talking to two researchers from Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University who are tackling big questions about flourishing: What does it mean for people to...
2019-07-1139 min
American Journal of Public Health PodcastAJPH MARCH 2019: “FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIALOGUE” (ENGLISH)A multifaith team of guest editors, led by Ellen Idler, and comprising Anwar Khan, Jeff Levin, and Tyler VanderWeele, has assembled a set of articles illustrating how faith-based organizations have contributed to public health at the local, state, or global levels. I further discuss if the mission of public health is compatible with views expressed by some religious congregations that appear to contradict the fundamental principles of equity and health. My interviewees are Ellen Idler (Emory), Bill Foege (Emory), Rob, Pyne (St Norbert) , and Mimi Kiser (Emory).
2019-02-0631 min
Rock Your Retirement ShowHow Religion helps you stay healthy: Episode 106Yes! You read that right. Religion helps you stay healthy!
What else should we discuss on Christmas Day, but religion?
Dr. Jim Brown discusses the benefits of going to church with me on this Christmas special, and they aren't all just spiritual. He is a university professor teaching Technology and Psychology (that's a weird mix…right?) and is currently the pastor of The Lake Church. Dr. Jim Brown has been a principal, superintendent, department chair at three different universities. He also served several churches and various roles from music pastor to senior pastor.
Did you know that there are benefits in...
2017-12-2534 min
TownhallReview CommentaryMedved: How to Improve Health, Well-Being and MarriageA new analysis from the Harvard School of Public Health reports on a powerful pattern of behavior that produces substantial benefits in terms of increased longevity, enhanced physical and emotional well-being and—especially—greater marital stability.
Confirming many other previous studies, Professor Tyler J. VanderWeele shows that those who attend religious services regularly suffer much lower rates of early mortality, depression and divorce, reporting higher levels of marital and personal satisfaction. He doesn’t speculate about the supernatural efficacy of prayer, but VanderWeele’s research does cite the communal support provided by religious institutions, and the impact of faith-based teachings in encou...
2016-12-0701 min
CMDA MattersChurch Attendance & Health Tyler VanderWeele shares the link he uncovered in research about church attendance and positive health outcomes.
1970-01-0100 minCMDA MattersFeb 2017 CDD (full issue) The complete February 2017 issue of Christian Doctor's Digest with guests Tyler VanderWeele, Bert Jones, Ellie Lofaro and hosted by CMDA CEO David Stevens, MD.
1970-01-0100 minCMDA MattersReligious Upbringing & Health Tyler J. VanderWeele, PhD, is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He shares about his research into being involved with organized spiritual activities, especially going to church, and how it effects the health of children as they grow and mature.
1970-01-0100 minCMDA MattersJuly 2019 CDD (full issue) The complete July 2019 issue of Christian Doctor's Digest with guests Tyler VanderWeele (research on the effects of Religious Upbringing & Health) and Ron Bryce, MD (discussing his book Fingerprint of God) and hosted by CMDA CEO David Stevens, MD.
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